STATE COLLEGE -- Penn State head coach James Franklin introduced his first recruiting class Wednesday morning, and Wednesday afternoon, he detailed more about the program's 25 new players.

The head coach touched on everything from the importance of depth behind quarterback Christian Hackenberg to celebrating signing day with an event at Bryce Jordan Center, and just about everything in-between. Here are the highlights.

1. Rounding out the class: When Franklin and company arrived at University Park, they immediately began working to fill the Lions nine remaining scholarships in the class of 2014.

It took until Wednesday morning to fill the final spot, but with nine recruits from eight different states, the program signed prospects at five different positions to close it out.

"The most glaring one is offensive tackle," Franklin said. The program finished with four offensive linemen in the cycle. "There were only two scholarship offensive tackles in the program, and we wanted offensive tackles with length.

The head coach also picked out safety and depth at pass catching positions as positions they wanted to address. They did, mainly by adding California defensive back Koa Farmer, Alabama safety Christian Campbell, and New Jersey receiver Saeed Blacknall.

2. Penn-statement: Despite a 'Dominate the State' moniker that Franklin has mentioned numerous times via social media and speaking engagement, Penn State finished with just three recruits from the Keystone State.

Short time and a need to focus on recruits the staff had a relationship with while at Vanderbilt were the biggest reason why State finished with out-of-state prospects, and going forward, a mix of in and out of state signings can be expected.

"We're going to go wherever we have to go to find players," Franklin said. "Wherever we had to go, we're going to do it. I think some of our coaches are trying to decide whose going to recruit Hawaii and things like that," he added with a grin.

"If you look at Penn State historically, they've done a good job six hours from campus, and we want to build on that and recruit nationally by position."

3. Brown to play end: Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Academy athlete Torrence Brown has played just about everywhere in high school, ranging from tailback to defensive end to linebacker.

At Penn State, the final piece of the puzzle - he verbally committed and signed Wednesday - will play defensive end, Franklin said.

"You talk about a guy that is 6-foot-4, 230 pounds playing tailback, we think he had a chance to be a 265-pounder," Franklin said. "We were gong to bring him in [for an official visit] last weekend but he didn't want to come without [an] offer, and he had a basketball tournament he was getting a lot of pressure to play in.

"They won the tournament, he was the MVP, and he ended up at Penn State, so it worked out."

Franklin added that Brown, Blacknall, and Campbell will make their official visit to campus later this semester.

4. He said it: Asked about the importance of celebrating National Signing Day and to sum up the day, Franklin said:

"I know things have been done differently here in the past, but we're going to stay true to who we are while staying respectful to the past," Franklin said. "These coaches have not had a day off since June when we started camp. Tomorrow these guys will have a chance to go see their family.

"We didn't have lot of drama; guys we expected to have sign signed. It went well, and that's just what we believe in."